First week I had a will of iron--this week? Not so much

emilycarr71404

Week one I was definitely doing better. I ate little to no carbs (was doing the south beach thing) and had a good loss. I struggled to get in my calories and under ate several times (I know that was stupid). This week though I am having trouble not over eating! Is it because I was too strick week one? How to I get back to a happy medium? I don't want to derail this early on. I can't afford to.

emilycarr71404

Bump. Need some feedback.

Corinne_Howland

You may have been too strict starting out. This really has to be a lifestyle change. Find a happy medium that will fit your lifestyle that you can stick with from this day forward. The loss will come. It may not give you the instant gratification that you're looking for, but longterm, you'll be healthier.
We all go through it. Back up, take a breath and look at the big picture. Good luck!

allshebe

I eat whatever I want - generally after carefully considering if the "good" (great taste, mouth feel, etc) outweighs the "bad" (generally too many empty calories) and determining how much I can "safely" eat (what fits in my calorie budget without badly affecting my ability to get most of my vitamins, mineral and macros "naturally" from what I eat). I eat more "mindfully" now - anything I "really" want unless it contains gluten, which seems to have a "negative" affect on my general health (no dx, but have "symptoms" if I eat it and "health" if I avoid)

thisdamselflies

This used to happen to me all the time, and it hasn't happened since I joined MFP. The only thing that I changed was that I stopped restricting certain foods. I made three simple rules for myself: no fried food (this is personal...I lose control and binge every time I eat fried food), eating only at meal/snack times (5 meals/day, no grazing in between), and staying within my calorie budget. I cook food that makes me really look forward to meal times, so I'm not dissatisfied with my meals, and so I don''t want to spoil my appetite.

So that's my advice: figure out if there are any foods/actions that trigger you to overeat and stop doing those things, then eat whatever sounds really, really good to you, staying within your individual range of calories. Cooking a lot of your own food is also helpful!

For example, yesterday I had a homemade fruit smoothie for breakfast; a slice of leftover homemade bacon, mushroom, onion, and tomato pizza for my morning snack; leftover Swiss chard, sugar snap pea, beef stir fry for lunch; another slice of pizza for afternoon snack; and a dinner of super yummy small plates, including spinach salad with warm bacon vinaigrette, roasted tomato tartine, roasted green beans, roasted eggplant caviar, and a piece of a French baguette, with half an apricot tart from a local bakery for dessert. I went over my calories because I also drank some alcohol. I cook almost all of my own meals because my own cooking is better (and cheaper) than most restaurants, and I can control everything that goes into my body.